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ArticleMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2021

N-Myc promotes angiogenesis and therapeutic resistance of prostate cancer by TEM8.

Mingfeng Li, Linna Fang, Louis Boafo Kwantwi, Guifang He, Wenwu Luo, Lijie Yang, Yuhang Huang, Shiyuan Yin, Yongping Cai, Wei Ma and 5 more

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Article in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. The dual and multifaceted role of relaxin-2 in cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2023
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  13. Targeting PI3K/Akt signaling in prostate cancer therapy.Journal of cell communication and signaling · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mingfeng Li *Department of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Linna Fang *Department of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Louis Boafo KwantwiDepartment of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Guifang HeDepartment of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Wenwu LuoDepartment of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Lijie YangDepartment of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Yuhang HuangDepartment of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Shiyuan YinDepartment of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Yongping CaiDepartment of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Wei MaDepartment of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Heqin ZhanDepartment of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Zhuting TongDepartment of Radiotherapy, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Li ZhangDepartment of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Chaozhao LiangDepartment of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, People's Republic of China. liang_chaozhao@163.com.
Yu YinDepartment of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, People's Republic of China. yinyu@ahmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4015-2127
Anhui Medical University · CN

Funding

national natural science foundation of china 81972414
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although patients with early localized prostate cancer can survive longer, castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) has gradually emerged with the use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). N-Myc and TEM8 play a vital role in the progression of several cancer types. However, the underlying mechanism of how N-Myc and TEM8 promote the progression of prostate cancer remains unclear. In this study, the expression of N-Myc and TEM8 was detected in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (PCa) tissues by immunohistochemistry (IHC). LNCaP cell lines were maintained in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% charcoal-stripped fetal bovine serum. Subsequently, R language software was used to verify our results. Tubule formation assay of human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) was conducted to examine the effect of N-Myc and TEM8 overexpression on angiogenesis in prostate cancer cells. IHC results showed a positive correlation between the expression of N-Myc and TEM8 in prostate cancer tissues. Further analysis showed that N-Myc and TEM8 were associated with clinicopathological features and poor prognosis in prostate cancer patients. Moreover, the overexpression of N-Myc and TEM8 promoted proliferation of prostate cancer cells and angiogenesis. Additionally, N-Myc and TEM8 overexpression was associated with therapeutic resistance. We further found that N-Myc promoted angiogenesis and therapeutic resistance in prostate cancer via TEM8. Hence, targeting N-Myc/TEM8 pathway in prostate cancer would be a novel therapeutic strategy to enhance the treatment of prostate cancer patients.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, NeoplasmAgedAndrogen AntagonistsBiomarkers, TumorGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMicrofilament ProteinsNeovascularization, PathologicN-Myc Proto-Oncogene ProteinPrognosisProstatic HyperplasiaProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantReceptors, AndrogenReceptors, Cell SurfaceSurvival RateAndrogen AntagonistsANTXR1 protein, humanAR protein, humanBiomarkers, TumorMicrofilament ProteinsMYCN protein, humanN-Myc Proto-Oncogene ProteinReceptors, AndrogenReceptors, Cell SurfaceADTAngiogenesisN-MycProstate cancerTEM8

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PMID34523032
PMCPMC8440287
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